John Bruton

We asked leading experts for changes that could improve how we live

Resignation comes as a shock as few thought bruising spell in housing would be last time in cabinet

An Appreciation

Peace talks: PM told that taoiseach was using conversations for his own political ends

John Major said 1996 service would look like an apology and offend unionists, files show

Newly declassified papers show positive reception in 1997 for speeches by taoiseach

Inside Politics: Taoiseach misses point when it comes to student nurses and well-off public servants

The unorthodox process for choosing Séamus Woulfe has shone a light on a defective system

Former minister for the Gaeltacht served as MEP from 1979 to 1989

Politician’s career of uncompromising, unapologetic style began with Young Fine Gael

Seen and Heard: Funds chase Perrigo over Irish tax, hotels down €200m on weddings

Broadcaster relieved at return of family home, and plans to step back from media

Fears being stoked for political advantage, President tells Áras an Uachtaráin reception

Plan to mark 150th anniversary cancelled over fears of debate concerning UK apology

FG leader becomes party’s fifth-longest-serving Taoiseach on Christmas Day

Deal would leave Varadkar facing his biggest political decision as Taoiseach

Former taoiseach says peace agreement ‘is all about convergence’, not divergence

Transcripts reveal horror and shock of the leaders after 1996 blast ended first ceasefire

The-then PM said in 1995 people in UK ‘don’t really care what happens elsewhere in the world’

Varadkar’s warning over united Ireland ‘wasn’t in any way provocative’ - former taoiseach

Collins came from ‘Redmondite tradition’, says former taoiseach John Bruton

Every EU country on schedule while Taoiseach makes traditional visit to Washington

How a former taoiseach’s efforts to save the Dublin cafe chain led to a row with a minister

Santa will have to use the door because after the Tories relax the child labour laws the chimneys will be crammed with urchin chimneysweeps and little matchgirls

Marking centenary of 1918 general election ex-taoiseach says abstention has ‘substantial downsides’

‘Whether you are a Remainer or Leaver, no one can welcome chaos’, ex-PM says

Former taoiseach delivers annual commemoration lecture at Glasnevin Cemetery

Three-day ‘cooling off’ deemed demeaning and freedom of conscience under fire

Review: This creaky documentary links the pope’s 1979 visit with the peace process

Former taoiseach believes asking physicians who oppose terminations to refer patients is unnecessary

Diarmaid Ferriter on a premature analysis that fails to prove its point

However, Fine Gael doesn’t get too many votes on islands now, several residents recalled

Pat Leahy: It seems Taoiseach wants the idea of an election to stay bubbling, but why?

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he would have appreciated ‘a greater focus on the actions that should follow’

Former taoiseach claims the trauma of rape victims is not as bad as killing the unborn

Three former taoisigh raise urgent need for solutions to avoid hard border

Fionola Bruton says adoption is a ‘child-centred’ solution to unwanted pregnancy

Public servant was completely committed to locating remains of Disappeared, Mass told

Fidget spinners – with their hypnotising whirling motion – are an apt metaphor

Change in law will not address concerns around importation of abortion pills online